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Papuan
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papuan
English
Etymology
en :af Papua -an + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˈpɑpuən/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-Papuan.wav General American
Adjective
From, or pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
Pertaining to the Papuan group of languages.
Derived terms
en Papuanness Papuan monitor Australo-Papuan babbler Papuan boobook
Translations
pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
Czech: cs papuánský
Finnish: fi papualainen, fi papuauusiguinealainen
French: fr papou m, fr papoue f
Hungarian: hu pápua
Irish: ga Papuach
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb papuansk
Nynorsk: nn papuansk
Polish: pl papuaski, pl papuański pertaining to Papua New Guinea
Portuguese: pt papua
Romanian: ro papuaș, ro papua-neoguineean pertaining to Papua New Guinea
Russian: ru папуа́сский
Swedish: sv papuansk
+ languages
Noun
Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
Translations
Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea
Armenian: hy պապուաս
Czech: cs Papuánec m, cs Papuánka f
Esperanto: eo papuo ♂♀, eo papuino ♀
Finnish: fi papualainen, fi papuauusiguinealainen
French: fr Papou m, fr Papoue f
German: de Papua m f
Hungarian: hu pápua
Irish: ga Papuach m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb papuaner m
Nynorsk: nn papuan m, nn papuanar m
Portuguese: pt papua m f
Romanian: ro papuaș m, ro papuașă f
Russian: ru папуа́с m, ru папуа́ска f
Swedish: sv papuan c
Proper noun
A geographical grouping of languages spoken on the island of en New Guinea and its neighboring islands, as opposed to Austronesian. en Languages
en Language families Nationalities Papua New Guinea
Finnish
Proper noun
fi proper noun form
fi Papua gen s